8 Incredible Ways To Make Money Online If You Can Use A Keyboard
- Web Content Writing: This is a great way to make money online. There are huge numbers of websites online. This should give you some idea of the opportunities for writers online. All of those websites need content. If you think that you are up for it, then go for it. You can start by making “how to” articles such as what you see on eHow. It may entail research on your part especially if the subject of the page is something that you are not familiar with, but even if you’re not familiar with the subject you can always research it. You will quickly realize that there is so much to write about and learn that you will learn even as you earn from writing. A starting web content writer won’t earn as much as someone already established in the field, but the good news is that there’s nowhere to go but up. You should take a look at content writing on Fiverr which might be a place that you’ll offer your services.
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- Product Review Writing: Another great way to make money online. This is another thing that is in demand these days. Many buyers do not just go and buy products simply based on the recommendation of sales personnel. Unless the product does not cost a lot, what they do is go online and check what other people have to say about that particular product before making their purchase decision. If people are raving about it, then they will more likely buy. If not, they will search for other similar products with a better rating. There are websites that pay freelance product writers at least 350 dollars per product review. This does not even mention that you will be allowed (at times even given) those products so you can write about it. That means you will have access to the latest technology and the newest in fashion depending on what product you have to review. How fun is that?
- Blogging: You can earn money online by just blogging. In the past, blogging was simply an online diary wherein people shared their rants and raves. Today, it is a means for you to earn and make money. So what do you want to blog about? The fun thing is that it is completely up to you. What are your interests? If you are a techie, then go write about the latest phone or tablet. If you are a geek then write about the latest in Star Wars or Star Trek. If you are a gamer, then share your thoughts about the newest game releases. For women, fashion blogs will never grow old. Of course, the key to your success as a blogger is to have as many followers as possible. So how exactly do you earn from blogging? You earn through advertisements. You can have your own media kit and charge advertisers a certain amount depending on their ad placements and the frequency of impressions. Of course, the bigger your follower base is, the higher you can charge for your advertising rates.
- Photographers: Can photographers make money online too? How? Just do what you enjoy doing and what you do best – take really nice photos and post them on websites like Flicker. You may think that taking awesome photos is easy but that is not the case for many people. For those who are not particularly gifted in that area, they are willing to buy photos of photographers such as yourself to suit their needs. So go on and click away. Someone is bound to buy them someday.
- Teaching: If you have a gift for teaching something then your future is not necessarily in a classroom. Thanks to the Internet, the world is your classroom and learning does not cease to happen only in schools. You will be surprised how many people are looking for online tutors and teachers. What is your field of expertise? Are you a math wizard or do you have a great stock of knowledge in history or literature? Then share your knowledge and use it to earn money online. You can teach your students through video conference and many other methods.
- Play Games: Are you a gamer? Are you aware that you can get paid for doing what you enjoy most? There are websites that are in search of people such as yourself and are willing to pay to test out games to make sure that everything is working perfectly before it is sold for public consumption. All that you have to do is to check it and keep your eyes open for bugs and other things that the programmers may have missed.
- Be an entrepreneur: You consider yourself to be an entrepreneur but have not been able to build your own store and brand for the very simple reason that you have no capital to pay rent or have your own space. That is the dilemma of many aspiring entrepreneurs out there. Well, guess what, you can always establish your online store. There are many success stories of online entrepreneurs who have online stores and businesses and without the expensive overhead of a physical space the startup costs are very low.
- Affiliate Programs: Another option for you to earn money online is to post your products on websites such as Amazon, Clickbank, Shareasale, Commission Junction and others. These are trusted site so you do not have to worry about website traffic. If a person is looking for a particular product that you have, then you have a very good chance of selling your item. Of course, just like any other brand or retailer, you need to promote your product or service for it to sell more and faster. The good thing is, online, it does have to cost a great deal. Do you want to prepare an advertisement just to announce your product? All you have to do is to post your content on websites. YouTube is one of the best options for something like this considering the millions who go there daily. One of the keys to online business success is traffic generation which will be the subject of future articles…